On Dec. 7, 2003, Miramax held the premiere for Anthony Minghella's Civil War epic Cold Mountain in Los Angeles. The drama went on to earn seven Oscar nominations at the 76th Academy Awards, winning in the best supporting actress category for Renee Zellweger's performance. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
It's of the year's more eagerly anticipated movies, but the journey to Cold Mountain may be a chilly one for adult audiences. Hewing closely to the spirit of Charles Frazier's best-selling Civil War novel, the movie is a somber, often downbeat depiction of human ...
It's of the year's more eagerly anticipated movies, but the journey to Cold Mountain may be a chilly one for adult audiences. Hewing closely to the spirit of Charles Frazier's best-selling Civil War novel, the movie is a somber, often downbeat depiction of human ...
- 12/7/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On Dec. 7, 2003, Miramax held the premiere for Anthony Minghella's Civil War epic Cold Mountain in Los Angeles. The drama went on to earn seven Oscar nominations at the 76th Academy Awards, winning in the best supporting actress category for Renee Zellweger's performance. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
It's of the year's more eagerly anticipated movies, but the journey to Cold Mountain may be a chilly one for adult audiences. Hewing closely to the spirit of Charles Frazier's best-selling Civil War novel, the movie is a somber, often downbeat depiction of human ...
It's of the year's more eagerly anticipated movies, but the journey to Cold Mountain may be a chilly one for adult audiences. Hewing closely to the spirit of Charles Frazier's best-selling Civil War novel, the movie is a somber, often downbeat depiction of human ...
- 12/7/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s been nearly six months since Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose, and yet his presence is still heavily felt throughout Hollywood. In addition to a lengthy and acclaimed filmography, the Academy Award winner kept up a busy work schedule until the time of his death. He had three films slated for 2014 release: John Slattery‘s directorial debut, God’s Pocket, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and A Most Wanted Man. With the latter hitting theaters today, we thought we’d give you a look every Psh film currently available for your streaming pleasure. Whether as cynical music writer Lester Bangs in Almost Famous or hopelessly lonely boom mic operator Scott J. in Boogie Nights, Hoffman managed to steal the scene in each one of his films. If you have a Netflix account, log in and get caught up on some of the greatest performances in the last 20 years.
- 7/25/2014
- by Emily Exton
- VH1.com
It’s been nearly six months since Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose, and yet his presence is still heavily felt throughout Hollywood. In addition to a lengthy and acclaimed filmography, the Academy Award winner kept up a busy work schedule until the time of his death. He had three films slated for 2014 release: John Slattery‘s directorial debut, God’s Pocket, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and A Most Wanted Man. With the latter hitting theaters today, we thought we’d give you a look every Psh film currently available for your streaming pleasure. Whether as cynical music writer Lester Bangs in Almost Famous or hopelessly lonely boom mic operator Scott J. in Boogie Nights, Hoffman managed to steal the scene in each one of his films. If you have a Netflix account, log in and get caught up on some of the greatest performances in the last 20 years.
- 7/25/2014
- by Emily Exton
- TheFabLife - Movies
By Doreen Alexander Child
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Based on the number of stars in the cast of August: Osage County, the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts‘ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film looked like a sure-fire best picture Oscar contender. Some even began referring to it as “August: Oscar County” before anyone had even seen a frame of it. But then the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, and was met with reviews that one might call very mixed, if one was feeling generous. Some of the performances that it showcases were cheered — particularly those of Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale — but the movie itself clearly had problems, with director John Wells even admitting that its ending might have to be changed prior to its Christmas Day release.
This isn’t the first time that a film that looked like an Oscar powerhouse on paper...
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Based on the number of stars in the cast of August: Osage County, the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts‘ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film looked like a sure-fire best picture Oscar contender. Some even began referring to it as “August: Oscar County” before anyone had even seen a frame of it. But then the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, and was met with reviews that one might call very mixed, if one was feeling generous. Some of the performances that it showcases were cheered — particularly those of Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale — but the movie itself clearly had problems, with director John Wells even admitting that its ending might have to be changed prior to its Christmas Day release.
This isn’t the first time that a film that looked like an Oscar powerhouse on paper...
- 9/19/2013
- by Doreen Alexander Child
- Scott Feinberg
Charles Frazier's Pulitzer Prize-winning story of love against the brutal backdrop of the American Civil War is brought vividly to life by British director Anthony Minghella. Flawlessly acted by an all-star cast led by Jude Law as a Confederate deserter and Nicole Kidman as the Southern belle awaiting his return, it's as rich, intelligent and characterful as period dramas come. Renee Zellweger adds zest in one of her feistiest performances and the mouth-watering cinematography doesn't hurt either.
- 7/16/2013
- Sky Movies
Associated Press A student follows along during an in-class reading of “Catching Fire,” the second book in “The Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins, at a charter school in California.
As a professor of American literature who teaches a course on bestsellers, I’m often asked to justify using such “trashy” novels as “Gone With the Wind” and “Valley of the Dolls” in a college classroom. Snobbery towards popular novels is nothing new. Writing in The Guardian in 1713, Richard Steele...
As a professor of American literature who teaches a course on bestsellers, I’m often asked to justify using such “trashy” novels as “Gone With the Wind” and “Valley of the Dolls” in a college classroom. Snobbery towards popular novels is nothing new. Writing in The Guardian in 1713, Richard Steele...
- 4/8/2012
- by James W. Hall
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Adapted from the book of the same title by Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain is a sweeping epic following separated lovers during the American Civil War. The film is directed by Anthony Minghella, whose previous triumph with the Weinstein brothers brought the world the devastatingly beautiful, albeit harrowing masterwork, The English Patient. While Cold Mountain never achieves the almost seamless grandeur of its predecessor, the film nonetheless stands out as one of the greater accomplishments of the early millennium; with staggering cinematography, breathtaking set-pieces, and stunning performances from an incredible cast.
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- 2/3/2012
- by Kyle North
- JustPressPlay.net
Blu-ray Release Date: Jan. 31, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $14.99
Studio: Lionsgate
Featuring an all-star cast, 2003 drama film Cold Mountain won Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Diary) an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The romance movie tells the story of Inman (Jude Law, Road to Perdition), a wounded confederate soldier who’s on a perilous journey to his mountain home town to reunite with his sweetheart Ada (Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole).
The cast also features Philip Seymour Hoffman (Jack Goes Boating), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Giovanni Ribisi (Middle Men), Donald Sutherland (The Con Artist), Ray Winstone (13) and Charlie Hunnnam (TV’s Sons of Anarchy).
The late Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) wrote and directed Cold Mountain, which also was nominated for six other Oscars, including Best Actor for Law, cinematography and two songs: “Scarlet Tide” by T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello and “You Will Be My Ain True Love” by Sting.
The R rated movie,...
Price: Blu-ray $14.99
Studio: Lionsgate
Featuring an all-star cast, 2003 drama film Cold Mountain won Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Diary) an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The romance movie tells the story of Inman (Jude Law, Road to Perdition), a wounded confederate soldier who’s on a perilous journey to his mountain home town to reunite with his sweetheart Ada (Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole).
The cast also features Philip Seymour Hoffman (Jack Goes Boating), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Giovanni Ribisi (Middle Men), Donald Sutherland (The Con Artist), Ray Winstone (13) and Charlie Hunnnam (TV’s Sons of Anarchy).
The late Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) wrote and directed Cold Mountain, which also was nominated for six other Oscars, including Best Actor for Law, cinematography and two songs: “Scarlet Tide” by T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello and “You Will Be My Ain True Love” by Sting.
The R rated movie,...
- 11/22/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
The third novel by cataloguer of Appalachian woe Charles Frazier, Nightwoods is slower-moving than it has any right to be, considering that it includes a Cormac McCarthy-esque single-minded killer; a pair of mute, horror-flick children; and more of the brutal, homespun prose that made Cold Mountain a quick read in spite of the page count. After that book’s surprising success, the even-more-surprising $8 million advance for Thirteen Moons, and Frazier’s maybe-less-surprising failure to meet those enormous expectations, Nightwoods takes a step back to what worked in Cold Mountain, combining Inman’s blood-soaked wanderings with Ada’s domestic drive ...
- 11/2/2011
- avclub.com
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BookExpo America, the largest trade book fair in North America, gets under way today in New York. Publishers, booksellers, librarians, agents, authors, and readers will gather at the Javits Center for four days of new release promotions, author autograph sessions, rights negotiations, industry panels, and parties.
Jeffrey Eugenides, Anne Enright, Charles Frazier, Erica Jong, Dave Barry, Mo Willems, and Katherine Paterson will appear at book signings or special events. Also: Diane Keaton, Julianne Moore, Jane Lynch, Roger Ebert,...
BookExpo America, the largest trade book fair in North America, gets under way today in New York. Publishers, booksellers, librarians, agents, authors, and readers will gather at the Javits Center for four days of new release promotions, author autograph sessions, rights negotiations, industry panels, and parties.
Jeffrey Eugenides, Anne Enright, Charles Frazier, Erica Jong, Dave Barry, Mo Willems, and Katherine Paterson will appear at book signings or special events. Also: Diane Keaton, Julianne Moore, Jane Lynch, Roger Ebert,...
- 5/23/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Bad news for moms, dads, dieticians and much-missed pets as Academy Awards call time on everlasting speeches
Bad news for moms, dads, directors, producers, agents, friends, lovers, deceased grandparents, dialogue coaches, yoga teachers, therapists, dieticians, inspirational teachers and much-missed pets.
The organisers of this year's Academy Awards have called time on that appallingly fascinating Oscar-night staple, the everlasting and tearful acceptance speech in which several telephone directories of names are thanked as an actor grapples with the twin shock of industry recognition and performing without a script.
Winners at next month's ceremony will instead be instructed to give two speeches: a pithy onstage one explaining the personal significance of their Oscar triumph, and a backstage one – delivered to a "thank you cam" – in which they can express their gratitude to anyone and everyone as unrestrainedly as they wish.
The backstage video will then be posted on the web for winners to share with their fans,...
Bad news for moms, dads, directors, producers, agents, friends, lovers, deceased grandparents, dialogue coaches, yoga teachers, therapists, dieticians, inspirational teachers and much-missed pets.
The organisers of this year's Academy Awards have called time on that appallingly fascinating Oscar-night staple, the everlasting and tearful acceptance speech in which several telephone directories of names are thanked as an actor grapples with the twin shock of industry recognition and performing without a script.
Winners at next month's ceremony will instead be instructed to give two speeches: a pithy onstage one explaining the personal significance of their Oscar triumph, and a backstage one – delivered to a "thank you cam" – in which they can express their gratitude to anyone and everyone as unrestrainedly as they wish.
The backstage video will then be posted on the web for winners to share with their fans,...
- 2/16/2010
- by Sam Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
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Updated 6:29 p.m. Pt March 18
Writer-director Anthony Minghella, who died early Tuesday in London of an apparent brain hemorrhage, leaves behind a legacy of acclaimed work and a wide range of projects.
At 54, the British filmmaker known for his adaptations of literary material was, in many respects, in the prime of his career.
Minghella and the Weinstein Co. recently concluded a deal with HBO and the BBC to air the adaptation of the literary franchise "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" as a movie and 13-episode television series.
The filmmaker also was attached to write and direct the adaptation of Liz Jensen's France-based psychological thriller "The Ninth Life of Louis Drax," in development at the Weinstein Co., and had served as a producer on the recently wrapped "The Reader," the adaptation of the Oprah Winfrey-blessed German novel from the Weinstein Co. and Scott Rudin that's...
Minghella filmography
Updated 6:29 p.m. Pt March 18
Writer-director Anthony Minghella, who died early Tuesday in London of an apparent brain hemorrhage, leaves behind a legacy of acclaimed work and a wide range of projects.
At 54, the British filmmaker known for his adaptations of literary material was, in many respects, in the prime of his career.
Minghella and the Weinstein Co. recently concluded a deal with HBO and the BBC to air the adaptation of the literary franchise "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" as a movie and 13-episode television series.
The filmmaker also was attached to write and direct the adaptation of Liz Jensen's France-based psychological thriller "The Ninth Life of Louis Drax," in development at the Weinstein Co., and had served as a producer on the recently wrapped "The Reader," the adaptation of the Oprah Winfrey-blessed German novel from the Weinstein Co. and Scott Rudin that's...
- 3/19/2008
- by By Steven Zeitchik and Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Smaller films from specialty film companies dominated the nominees Thursday for original screenplay at the 56th annual Writers Guild Awards, while adapted screenplays were nominated from several of the year's bigger releases including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Cold Mountain. Nominated for original screenplay were Gurinder Chadha, Paul Berges and Guljit Bindra for Fox Searchlight Pictures' Bend It Like Beckham, Steven Knight for Miramax Films' Dirty Pretty Things, Jim Sheridan and daughters Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan for Fox Searchlight Pictures' In America, Sofia Coppola for Focus Features' Lost in Translation, and Tom McCarthy for Miramax Films' The Station Agent. Adapted screenplay nominees were: Robert Pulcini and Shari Berman for HBO Films/Fine Line Features' American Splendor, based on the comic book series by Harvey Pekar and novel by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner; Anthony Minghella for Miramax Films' Cold Mountain, based on the novel by Charles Frazier; Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson for New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien; Brian Helgeland for Warner Bros. Pictures' Mystic River, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane; and Gary Ross for Universal Pictures' Seabiscuit based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand.
- 1/22/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With a pack-leading eight nominations for Cold Mountain, Miramax Films was in the enviable position of watching history repeat itself as the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. announced nominations for its 61st annual Golden Globe Awards on Thursday morning. Just as Miramax razzle-dazzled the HFPA last year with Chicago, which also earned eight nominations, writer-director Anthony Minghella's epic adaptation of Charles Frazier's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a love tested by the Civil War, which will be released Christmas Day, outdistanced its closest competition -- Focus Features' Lost in Translation and Warner Bros. Pictures' Mystic River, which racked up five nominations each. Among the HFPA's television nominations, the day belonged to HBO's Angels in America, Mike Nichols' six-hour adaptation of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-winning play about AIDS in the age of Reagan, which commanded seven nominations.
- 12/19/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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